Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director
General Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha has said that he was
stopped from stepping down from the position by Pakistan Army chief
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Pasha sought apology from the nation and offered to resign on Friday
amid public outrage over the US operation that killed Al Qaeda chief
Osama bin Laden, an incident that humiliated the Pakistan military and
cast doubt on the capabilities of the country's intelligence network."The failure was not intentional but I admit that it was a mistake," Geo News quoted the ISI Chief, as saying during the in-camera joint sitting of the parliament, which was briefed by security and intelligence officials in the backdrop of the United States' May 2 unilateral assault in Abbottabad.
Pasha said that he had made up his mind to resign after consulting his family, but that he was stopped from doing so by General Kayani.
Lawmakers also said that the Pakistan Army chief had declined to accept Pasha's resignation, The Washington Post reports.
It is unclear whether parliament would take action on Pasha's resignation offer, or even whether it had the authority, the report said.
There were no demands during Friday's session, which stretched into the early hours of Saturday, to accept the offer from Pasha, who has worked closely with the CIA since assuming his post in 2008, it added. (ANI)
